Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 21:39:08 -0700 From: John W <jwdevel@gmail.com> To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Compose key oddity Message-ID: <k2sfa8771801004262139occ18fddetaf7f460acbb07786@mail.gmail.com>
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Hello,
I'm just learning about the great thing that is the compose key.
For the most part things work fine, but I can't compose the 'ellipsis'
character, for some reason.
Everything looks set up correctly, so I'm curious if someone has tips
on tracking down this particular issue.
Here's what I did:
I added this to my .xinitrc:
setxkbmap -option compose:lwin -option compose:rwin
And indeed, I can use the windows keys to compose accented characters, etc.
However, when I press <compose> <period> <period>, I get the "DOT
ABOVE" character (U+02D9). Looks like: =CB=99
Now, when I look inside /usr/local/lib/X11/locale/en_US.UTF-8/Compose,
the relevant lines are:
<dead_abovedot> <space> : "=CB=99" abovedot # DOT ABO=
VE
<dead_abovedot> <dead_abovedot> : "=CB=99" abovedot # DOT ABO=
VE
# (snip)
<Multi_key> <period> <period> : "=E2=80=A6" ellipsis #
HORIZONTAL ELLIPSIS
And so this is where I am stumped.
That last line would indicate to me that I should be able to make an
ellipsis with, for instance, rwin+period+period.
Yet instead, I get DOT ABOVE.
My LANG is en_US.UTF-8, so I think I'm looking in the right file.
I don't understand how dead keys are set up, so I don't know if those
other lines are having some effect.
Is there some other configuration file(s) that are influencing things?
This is FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE, with Xorg 7.4.2; X.Org X Server 1.6.1, in
case that matters.
Thanks for any help
-John
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